The Proving Ground concept was introduced in the last few months of 2011 as a method in which to determine challengers for the ROH championships and thus far has provided numerous men opportunities to pursue the World, TV, and Tag Titles. Only one man has successfully passed the test thus far when Roderick Strong earned himself a future TV Title shot at “Glory by Honor X” by going the distance with Jay Lethal.
Now, in 2012, the door has been opened to the rest of the wrestling world to step onto The Proving Ground as see if they have what it takes to earn a championship match in Ring of Honor. The first match of the year has been set, a shot at the World Tag Team Championships will be at stake as representatives from CHIKARA have stepped up to the challenge, and the pair selected are no strangers to ROH competition.
Hallowicked & Jigsaw have answered the call for “The Homecoming 2012” and will attempt to earn a shot at the ROH World Tag Titles as they face 7-Time champions, Jay & Mark Briscoe in the "The Proving Ground".
For those unfamiliar, and as a reminder to those who are aware, the Proving Ground is a chance for any wrestlers from ROH, or outside ROH, to challenge a ROH Champion for the opportunity at a title match. If a challenger beats the champion or lasts the time limit he will get a future shot at the championship
“Bring ‘em all on.” said Jay Briscoe, “Chikara, Japan, Italy, Canada, Timbuktu…we don’t give a damn man. We’re fighters boy, night and day, hell when we ain’t got no one to fight…me and Mark fight each other. And it doesn’t matter if it’s each other or somebody trying to get a shot at our belts, we fight hard and we’ll fight dirty. We’ve been fighting for way too damn long to get our belts back just to let ‘em slip away, and we aim to treat this proving ground thing like we would a title match. Proving ground, proving ground…man that’s as appropriate a label as it gets when you’re stepping up to me and Mark boys. We are Ring of Honor, since day one we’ve been Ring of Honor, and ain’t no one in this place you should worry about proving yourselves to except us! Hallowicked, Jig, welcome back to ROH, hope ya’ll boys don’t regret it in the morning.”
Jigsaw & Hallowicked are not regularly a team when in CHIKARA competition, but they have been selected to represent CHIKARA PRO as they are two of their top wrestlers. The pair carrying a strong reputation, almost a decade of experience in this great sport, and Jigsaw is recently coming off his own extended tour of Japan. In their own way, they are the “day one” of CHIKARA, having come up through their system, and fought their way into the top tier of athletes competing there.
